From October 20 to 22, Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthélemy will host the first Caribbean Cybersecurity Incident Response Community Forum, named C-CIRC (Caribbean Cybersecurity Incident Response CommunityThis meeting brings together representatives of French-, English-, and Dutch-speaking communities, governments, and regional organizations around a common objective: strengthening cooperation in the face of cyberattacks.
Organized by the Caribbean Agency for Cybersecurity (ACCYB), in partnership with the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU) and the two communities, this meeting marks the official launch of a project co-financed by the European Union in INTERREG Caribbean programme 2021-2027.
The works should, in particular, allow for define a regional roadmap for 2026-2028, to structure the sharing of information and alerts, to develop common incident response capabilities and to establish a regional cyber threat observatoryA first tabletop cyber crisis exercise is also planned. The sessions will take place on October 20th and 21st at the Soualiga school in Saint-Martin, before a closing day on October 22nd in Saint-Barthélemy, dedicated in particular to the security of submarine cables and the applications of artificial intelligence in cybersecurity.
More details in our Friday edition.